Mr. Roberto Kobeh González is President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). He was elected to the position in 2006 after serving eight years as the Representative of Mexico on the Council. During that time, he served as First Vice-President of the Council, Chairman of the Finance Committee, and as a Member of the Air Transport Committee.

Beginning in 1966, Mr. Kobeh González held a number of posts of increasing responsibility with his Government’s Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics. As Deputy Director General in the areas of Administration and Air Transport, he took part in negotiations on bilateral agreements with various countries. From 1978 to 1997, he served as Director General of the Air Navigation Services of Mexico (SENEAM), the agency responsible for providing navigation, air traffic control, meteorology, and aeronautical communications services. Mr. Kobeh González has also been a professor of aeronautical electronics at the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico.

He received numerous awards, including the Award for Extraordinary Service from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States in 1988. In 1997, he was awarded the Emilio Carranza Medal from the Government of Mexico for his contribution to the development of civil aviation in Mexico for 30 consecutive years. Most recently, in 2004, he received the award for Contribution to the Development of Aviation in the Central American Region from the Central American Corporation for Air Navigation Services (COCESNA).